- present tense form of identify (3rd person singular).
identifies
Example Sentences
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Williamson, who is nonbinary and identifies under the trans umbrella, said it is “already very scary being openly queer in Perris,” where the Harry Potter experience is hosted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Nine percent of the U.S population openly identifies as LGBTQ, double the percentage fourteen years ago.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
The antecedent of the opinion’s only masculine pronoun is a hypothetical “biological male who identifies as male,” and the hypothetical counterpart who “identifies as female” gets no pronoun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The strategy identifies healthier eating as one of its priorities.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
At best, this book identifies several constellations of environmental factors that I believe provide a large part of the answer to Yali’s question.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
